The Covid-19 booster vaccine programme has started in England and Scotland.
More than 700 care homes in England will be visited by vaccination teams, with thousands more jabs scheduled before the end of the month.
The NHS will contact people when it is their turn to book their vaccine. Although infections are falling, health experts are predicting a resurgence of coronavirus this winter amid a possible worse flu season. People who qualify for an autumn/winter booster include adults aged 50 and over, those aged five to 49 with health conditions that put them at greater risk, pregnant women, care home workers and frontline health and social care workers, carers and the household contacts of people with weakened immune systems.
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